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Turn the Curve on Health – attend an event in your area

The New Mexico Department of Health is hosting 4 Turn the Curve on Health planning events throughout the state May 9 – 31, 2012 for community and Tribal partners statewide to discuss how we may work in partnership toward population based change related to nine (9) specific health areas.

If you would like to participate in this hopeful process, please access the link for the event in your area and register to Turn the Curve on Health in your public health region:

Register to Turn the Curve on Health in the Northwest Region of New Mexico (PHD Region 1, Northwest NM): May 9, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) HOWARD JOHNSON 2915 W. Historic Highway 66 Gallup, NM 87301

Register to Turn the Curve on Health in the Northeast Region of New Mexico (PHD Region 2, Northeast NM): Turn the Curve on Health Location and Contact Information May 31, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) COURTYARD MARRIOTT 3347 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87507

Register to Turn the Curve on Health – Central Region (PHD Region 3 – ABQ Metro), co- hosted by Bernalillo County Community Health Council: May 15, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) RAMADA ALBUQUERQUE HOTEL 10300 Hotel Avenue NE Albuquerque, NM 87123

Register to Turn the Curve on Health – Southwest Region (PHD Region 5, Southwest NM): May 22, 2012 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM (Lunch on your own) DAYS INN & SUITES MESILLA VALLEY CONFERENCE CENTER 901 Avenida de Mesilla Las Cruces, NM 88005

If you have questions, please contact the individual listed on the registration page for the event you wish to attend.

I hope you are able to join this important movement from talk to action!

Thank you! The DOH Turn the Curve on Health Team

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6th Annual Women’s Health Policy Forum

Health Care Reform Implementation and Implications for Women
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May 2, 2012
8:30am-3:30pm
Savage Auditorium
Presbyterian Hospital
1100 Central Avenue SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106

Parking:

– Conference attendees can park anywhere visitors to the hospital are allowed to park.

– Once you turn into the hospital entrance, visitors can park on the right in the parking structure attached to the hospital or on the left hand side that is marked “Visitors.”

Directions to Savage Auditorium from Lobby:

Enter the Hospital at the main entrance. Go LEFT from the Information Desk to the D Elevators (Purple Wall). Go DOWN one level to Sub-Level 1 (S1). Savage Auditorium is directly opposite the elevator.

Questions? Email: rebecca (at) collectiveactionstrategies (dot) com

Sponsored by: RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM, Gender Impacts Policy, Molina Healthcare, Presbyterian Health Plan, NM DOH Family Health Bureau

Objectives:

1. Provide advocates in the field the opportunity to network and share updates from the 2012 NM legislative session and Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation issues.
2. Discuss issues related to ACA, focusing specifically on women and families in New Mexico.
3. Create Policy Recommendations for better coverage and access to care for women and families in New Mexico.

Advocates, community organizations, policy makers, and business leaders interested in health care policy are encouraged to attend. Seating is limited.

The Policy Forum is free of charge, but registration is required by April 20th.

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Health and Human Rights Lecture

UNM Public Health Program
Jonathan Mann Health and Human Rights Lecture

“Moving from Science to Policy and Practice: Building Healthier
Communities based on Human Rights”

Brian Smedley, PhD
Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, DC.

Date: Thursday, December 1, 2011
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: National Hispanic Cultural Center (Bank of America Auditorium)
1701 4th Street SW

Seating is limited. Please plan to arrive early.

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Stellar Medicine: A Journey through the Universe of Women’s Health

RWJF Center for Health Policy at UNM
Women’s Health Policy Unit

“Stellar Medicine: A Journey through the Universe of Women’s Health”
Presented by Saralyn Mark, MD
President, SolaMed Solutions, LLC
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine & Ob/Gyn
Yale and Georgetown Schools of Medicine
Affiliate Professor, George Mason University School of Public Policy
Senior Medical Advisor-NASA

Monday, July 11, 2011
12:30 – 1:30 pm
RWJF Center for Health Policy lower level Conference Room
Jonson Gallery Building (1909 Las Lomas)

Dr. Mark will read from her book from the chapter “Stardust Connection” which
discusses spirituality, faith and healing followed by an interactive discussion of topics covered in the book including sex/gender-based medicine, menopause, alternative medicine, faith and healing, pandemics, medical myths, veterans health, the benefits
of sex, chocolate, wine and shopping and many other issues.

RWJF Center for Health Policy
The RWJF Center for Health Policy is the only health policy center dedicated to increasing the number of leaders from Latino and American Indian communities helping to shape the future of our nation’s health and health care. A collaboration of the University of New Mexico and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the RWJF Center for Health Policy focuses on inserting the perspectives of Latino, American Indian and other underrepresented groups into the most pressing health policy debates today. Visit http://healthpolicy.unm.edu for further information.
For more information contact the Center at 505–277–0130 or center@healthpolicy.unm.edu or at our website http://healthpolicy.unm.edu

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Health Care Policy Briefing Wednesday at UNM

From RWJF Center for Health Policy:

Family & Community Medicine, Master of Public Health Program, NM Cares Health Disparities and the RWJF Center for Health Policy presents-Implementing Health Reform in New Mexico: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Equity Thursday December 9, 2010 Domenici Center For Health Education room 3010 3:30-5:30 PM *The purpose of this briefing is to provide a venue for civic engagement and dialogue on reducing health disparities, promoting health equity and making evidence-informed health policy in New Mexico. This briefing supports “education in-service to our communities” by providing graduate students of the health and social sciences the opportunity to present state-of-the-art policy research to a public audience and to meaningfully engage with health leaders and other community stakeholders (PH 560 Health Policy, Politics & Social Equity, Dr. Lisa Cacari Stone). Questions? Call or Email Lisa Cacari Stone @ 505-615-6856, lcacari-stone@salud.unm.edu